Information Analyst

The Care Inspectorate is a scrutiny body that supports improvement in care. Our vision is the people across Scotland receive high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices. We are a national organisation, employing in excess of 600 staff working across our network of offices.

About the role

This is a national role, and an opportunity to use your analytical and data skills and experience to make a real difference for people using care services across Scotland. This might include analysing data from numerous internal and external sources to produce insightful intelligence that in turn helps our inspectors target their work; setting up dashboards of management information; or preparing major statistical publications in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. You will be confident manipulating and interrogating large volumes of raw data, using a variety of software and analytical techniques, and have an eye for detail when it comes to data quality.

Working for the Care Inspectorate offers excellent benefits:

• competitive salary
• enrolment in Local Government Pension Scheme
• flexitime scheme
• employee benefits (childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, corporate gym memberships and savings on leisure and retail spending)

About you

Educated to degree level in a subject which includes a significant numerical component, you will ideally have a background in Business Intelligence, Management Information, data science, operational research, intelligence analysis or data analysis. You will be proficient in business intelligence software (Power BI, Qlik, Tableau etc.) and a data science programming language (SAS, SQL, Python or R etc.). Experience with predictive analytics, machine learning or data science techniques is desirable. You will be expected to work with colleagues at all levels in the Care Inspectorate therefore must have good interpersonal skills and be capable of conveying complex findings clearly both verbally and in writing. Excellent IT and analytical skills are a pre-requisite, enabling you to manage and analyse large amounts of data and present complex information in a meaningful way.

To apply

If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Al Scougal on 07899067554.

A job profile and person specification for this post is also available to download on our website.

If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please download and complete an application form and return it to recruitment@careinspectorate.gov.scot by 8am on Friday 2 October 2020.

Interviews will be online and are likely to take place on Thursday 8 October 2020.

Please note that initially you will be required to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.